Archive for April, 2012
Work Study overcomes shortage
Student work hours continue to decrease When student employees from R.A. Faganel Hall opened their emails on March 8, they found an abrupt surprise: due to a projected lack in Federal Work Study (FWS) funds, their hours would be drastically …
Undergrad unearths ground-breaking cancer research
The most EC Junior, Pat Brambert, can claim as science fair participation is a poster he made explaining the properties of salt for his high school chemistry class
Campus hosts Trayvon Martin rally
Students and faculty both gathered last Tuesday, April 3rd to rally for Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old African American male who was killed last February in Sanford,
New EC organization sheds light on autism awareness
Instated just a few weeks ago, Autism Speaks U Elmhurst College already has some big plans underway. Co-presidents Lindsay Frankel and Tracy Hefferan established the chapter at Elmhurst after
Pros of a Con: A Comprehensive Guide to the In’s and Out’s of Nerd Gatherings
Megan Kirby and Haleigh Yonish If you’re a con virgin, there’s no need to feel ashamed. Everyone’s first time is full of a few fumbling embarrassments: that time the
Tuition to increase 4.9 percent next year
Next year, the sticker price for tuition will raise $1,541.07, totaling $31,450 for a year’s worth of courses in the 2012 - 2013 school year. Elmhurst’s tuition hike levels
New discount card has Elmhurst businesses going Belly up
Earning enough points with Belly Card can get shoppers unique prizes, ranging from “name your favorite sandwich” to pie-ing the local baker - rewards meant to excite customers
Other Jacks and Roses to help your heart go on and on
Unless you’ve been living under the ruins of a massive shipwreck, you know Titanic 3D crashed back into theaters. Jack and Rose are on the tips of everyone’s
Florida’s entrenched injustice
On April 11, after a staggering 45 days of inaction, George Zimmerman was arrested for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. He has been charged with second degree murder,
Letters to the Editor – Responses to Wayne Lela
Response to Wayne Lela: Opening the Discourse Communities Dear Editor, In the April 3rd edition of The Leader a letter to the editor was submitted by Wayne Lela, a Woodridge
